Arts and Architecture

Arts and Architecture

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition titled "Asher B. Durand: To Begin Again" from Sept. 5 through Dec. 10. This exhibition focuses on the early career of this leading artist of the Hudson River School. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Durand’s first commissioned landscape painting, "Boonton Falls, New Jersey," which the museum recently acquired.

William J. Dewey, associate professor of art history in Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture and director of the African Studies Program in the College of the Liberal Arts, is part of a curatorial team that received a $250,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for a UCLA Fowler Museum exhibition on African blacksmithing, which opens in June 2018.

An interdisciplinary Penn State team led by Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture faculty members Shadi Nazarian and José Duarte earned second place and a $150,000 prize in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenge competition established to develop the technology necessary to create shelters to support the human exploration of Mars.

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition, "New Acquisitions: Minna Citron after Atelier 17," from Sept. 5 through Dec. 10, that features 16 intaglios demonstrating how Citron continued to probe the expressive possibilities of abstract line and form, an approach that was central to the Atelier 17 aesthetic, for the remainder of her career.

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition this semester that highlights monumental canvases from the permanent collection — many of which have not been on view in recent years — in an attempt to unpack preoccupations with size in post-1945 art. What compelled these artists to work at such a large scale? What does sheer size argue about the paintings in question? "BIG Deal: Sizeable Paintings from the Permanent Collection" will be on view Sept. 5 through Dec. 17.

The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State will partner with the University’s College of Health and Human Development and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders to present “Let’s Dance,” a movement workshop for families.

Penn State School of Visual Arts alumna and Southwest Philadelphia artist D’nae Harrison, 2014 bachelor of fine arts, has made her mark on the city she calls home, with one of her paintings now permanently on display at One Parkway, a city of Philadelphia building.

Andrew Belser, 2017-18 Penn State laureate, will kick off the tour of his award-winning “FaceAge” exhibition, a multimedia video installation created from cross-generational conversations, Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 at University Park. Throughout the 2017-18 academic year, Belser will take “FaceAge” to all Penn State campuses.

The commemorative piece to highlight Penn State’s commitment to diversity and inclusion will be designed by Juan Ruescas, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, the University Commemorative Committee announced Thursday (Aug. 24). The landmark “All In” piece, which will evoke a forest with tree elements of different heights and sizes inviting the visitor into a clearing, will be located on the eastern side of Old Main on the University Park campus.

Penn State Centre Stage will present "Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine," by Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, directed by Steve Broadnax III, Sept. 6 to 13, in the Penn State Downtown Theatre. This production brings humor and poignancy to one of the most potent conversations in American life.

The Arts & Design Research Incubator (ADRI) will host three "Dancing Mindfulness" workshops and five "Yoga and Meditation" workshops led by ADRI Embedded Researcher Elisha Clark Halpin, associate professor and associate director for instruction, School of Theatre.